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Groupon Inc (GRPN): Today's Featured Internet Laggard

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Groupon (
GRPN) pushed the Internet industry lower today making it today's featured Internet laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Groupon fell 11 cents (-2.1%) to $5.12 on average volume. Throughout the day, 16.7 million shares of Groupon exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 18.5 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $5.03-$5.32 after having opened the day at $5.28 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $5.23. Other companies within the Internet industry that declined today were:
Baidu (
BIDU), down 10.1%,
Synacor (
SYNC), down 9.7%,
China Finance Online (
JRJC), down 6.8%, and
Tucows (
TCX), down 6.7%.

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Groupon, Inc. operates as a local commerce marketplace that connects merchants to consumers by offering goods and services at a discount in North America and internationally. Groupon has a market cap of $3.69 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 16.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Groupon a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and 20 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Groupon as a
sell. The area that we feel has been the company's primary weakness has been its poor profit margins.